Monthly Archives: November 2015

Equipment was donated by local men’s charitable group The Blaine County Search and Rescue team has acquired new technology to assist in efforts to locate missing hikers and outdoor enthusiasts in the mountains in and around the Wood River Valley, Blaine County Sheriff Gene Ramsey said. A high-altitude drone was recently purchased by the agency [...]

Bad day for drivers! These poor fellows may be out of job soon in the United States and China. While Alphabet, Tesla and BMW are racing to introduce a reliable driverless car, China goes literally bigger by letting loose a driverless bus. Globally trusted by having exported vehicles to more than 120 countries, bus maker Yutong conducted [...]

A thing airplanes and modern boats have in common is the autopilot feature. That might sound pretty high-tech, but the harsh reality of the autopilot is that it is a responsive system after all. This means that it needs to detect a change in the environment in order to adjust the parameters of the vehicle. [...]

Ah yes, Halloween, the time for trick or treats, scary stories and family bonding, that is, if you live in a normal house. Apparently, Google finds the Halloween as an ideal time to test and showcase the advancements it made for its proprietary Self-Driving Car Project. On Oct. 31, as families gathered to celebrate Halloween [...]

The new self-driving robot, Starship, promises to shake up the local delivery market You’ve heard of Amazon’s plan to deliver packages using drones; now a new company called Starship is promising to disrupt local delivery with the launch of a self-driving robot that can deliver groceries to customers’ doors in under 30 minutes for less than [...]

Fifth-grader Levi Whitcomb has missed all but a few school days since being diagnosed with brain cancer this spring. The Rollinsford 10-year-old underwent surgery in April to remove a brain tumor and in now on his fourth round of chemotherapy. Jen Pepin, Levi’s mom, said it is hard for Levi to be separated from all [...]